Saigon FC - Wikipedia

Vietnamese football club Football clubSaigon

Full name	Saigon Football ClubCâu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)(as Hanoi (2) FC)
Dissolved	February 14, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-02-14)
Ground	Thong Nhat Stadium
Capacity	15,000

Saigon Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn) was a Vietnamese professional association football club administered by Saigon Football Development Joint Stock Company. Following the relegation from 2022 season and problems related to the club's ownership, it was proposed that team would be dissolved. A last minute attempt was made to give the license over to Lam Dong FC in 2023 season.,[1] however, this deal fell though.

The club's formation was set as a result of the B team of Hanoi FC relocating to Ho Chi Minh City in the south of Vietnam and renaming in 2016 to Saigon FC.[2]

History

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FC Tokyo partnership

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In February 2020, Saigon announced a cooperation agreement with Japanese club FC Tokyo, which includes plans for a joint football academy being started in Vietnam.[3]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018	Kami
2019	Fraser Sport[4]
2020	Zaicro	Ben Thanh Holdings Van Lang University Him Lam Group
2021	Made by club	SCBEneos
2022	Kelme[5]	SCB (until round 11) Novaland (round 12 onwards) Japan Airlines

Season

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Season	Pld	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Position	Notes
2016 V.League 1	26	9	9	8	34	32	+2	36	7th
2017 V.League 1	26	11	10	5	40	29	+11	43	5th
2018 V.League 1	26	9	4	13	36	40	−4	31	8th
2019 V.League 1	26	10	6	10	37	40	−3	36	5th
2020 V.League 1	20	9	7	4	30	19	+11	34	3rd
2021 V.League 1	12	4	1	7	6	14	–8	13	13th
2022 V.League 1	24	5	7	12	26	42	-16	22	13th	Relegation to 2023 V.League 2

Continental record

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Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021	AFC Cup	Group H	Cancelled

Stadium

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Saigon had played at Thong Nhat Stadium in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City since the club was founded in 2016.

In 2020, the club purchased the Thanh Long Sports Center in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City. The proposed Saigon Football Academy would jointly operate with FC Tokyo and it would be based out of this location.[6]

Home stadium

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• Thong Nhat Stadium (2016–2023) District 10, Ho Chi Minh City – capacity 16,000

Other stadiums

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• Thanh Long Sports Center (2020–2023) District 8, Ho Chi Minh City – capacity 5,000

Former players

[edit] See also: Category:Saigon FC players

Notable players

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Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Saigon FC.

Trần Đình Trọng Nguyễn Ngọc Duy Ngân Văn Đại Nguyễn Tiến Duy Lê Hoàng Thiên Võ Hoàng Quảng Phạm Văn Luân Nguyễn Việt Phong

Andrew Mwesigwa Jean-Eudes Maurice Dugary Ndabashinze Geoffrey Kizito Dominique Da Sylva Marvin Ogunjimi Jonathan Quartey Daisuke Matsui

Management and staff

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Current staff

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Position	Staff
Manager	Phùng Thanh Phương
Assistant coaches	Trần Trung Kiên Trịnh Văn Hậu Hoàng Hùng
Goalkeeping coach	Nguyễn Hoàng Duy
Translator	Nguyễn Đường Hiếu
Physiotherapist	Shoichi Masuda
Kitman	Lư Tấn Hậu
President	Trần Hòa Bình[7]
Technical director	Le Huynh Duc[8]

Managerial history

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Dates	Name	Notes
2016–2018	Nguyễn Đức Thắng
2018	Phan Văn Tài Em
2018–2019	Nguyễn Thành Công
2019–2020	Hoàng Văn Phúc
2020–2021	Vũ Tiến Thành
2021	Masahiro Shimoda[9]
2021–2022	Phùng Thanh Phương

References

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1. ^ "Sài Gòn FC, Cần Thơ FC không dự giải hạng Nhất 2023" (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
2. ^ "VPF ban hành Thông báo chính thức về việc đổi tên của CLB Hà Nội" (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
3. ^ "Vietnamese, Japanese clubs to establish football academy in Vietnam". vnexpress.net. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
4. ^ "Default Website Page". Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
5. ^ "Kelme Vietnam on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.[user-generated source]
6. ^ "Saigon FC, FC Tokyo to build academy in Vietnam". sportbusiness.com. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
7. ^ "Tân chủ tịch CLB Sài Gòn muốn CLB phải đúng chất Sài Gòn" (in Vietnamese). Tuoi Tre. 16 January 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
8. ^ "Lê Huỳnh Đức làm giám đốc kỹ thuật CLB Sài Gòn" (in Vietnamese). Tuoi Tre. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
9. ^ "Saigon FC appoints Japanese head coach". vnexpress.net. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

External links

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• Official website
• Saigon FC at VPF.vn

v t e Saigon FC – current squad

1 Minh Toàn 2 Gia Nam 3 Nam Anh 4 Hoài An 6 Minh Nhất 7 Quốc Chí 8 Minh Trung 11 Việt Phong 13 Hoài Anh 14 Văn Đạt 15 Văn Trung 16 Anh Việt 17 Lâm Thuận 18 Mạnh Cường 19 Merlo 20 Thành Thụ 21 Olsen 22 Quốc Long 23 Văn Triền (c) 24 Quốc Tuấn 26 Anh Tuấn 27 Xuân Quý 28 Minh Tuấn 35 Minh Duy 36 Văn Phong 39 Công Hiển 39 Tấn Tài 71 Công Thành 73 Hồng Sơn 77 Hữu Sơn 86 Quang Vinh 95 Nanitelamino 99 Matheus Manager: Thanh Phương

v t e Sports teams based in the Ho Chi Minh City
Football	Men 1ª Becamex HCMC Công An HCMC 2ª HCMC FC HCMC Youth Văn Hiến University Women Hồ Chí Minh City I Hồ Chí Minh City II Defunct Công An HCMC (1979) Định Hướng Phú Nhuận Hải Quan Navibank Sài Gòn Ngôi Sao Gia Định Sài Gòn FC Sài Gòn United TDC Bình Dương Xuân Thành Sài Gòn
Futsal	Men Hồ Chí Minh City Youth Thái Sơn Nam Sài Gòn Titans Sahako Tân Hiệp Hưng Women Hồ Chí Minh City Thái Sơn Nam
Basketball	Men Hochiminh City Wings Saigon Heat
Volleyball	Men Ho Chi Minh City
Venues	Gò Đậu Stadium Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium Thống Nhất Stadium Quân khu 7 Stadium Tân Bình Gymnasium